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...half years ago, Station WBMS was organized by the Templeton Radio Manufacturing Company to bring good music throughout the day to what was considered an exceptionally music-conscious radio audience. Since that time, the story of Boston's Music Station has been one of a pioneer yielding to economic pressure...
...until last summer, when WBMS changed management, its history was written in red ink. The first year and a half had been glorious--from the listener's point of view. The station played good music, and lots of it. There were hour-long programs of symphonic works, virtually free of commercials. Best known, and probably best like of these programs was the Endowment Series which lasted a full three hours, uninterrupted except for brief program notes. The Endowment Series made possible the playing of exceptionally long works, such as Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and the Brahms Requiem. And except...
Unfortunately, WBMS steadily lost money. The Endowment Series (which was "endowed" in name only) alone cost Templeton $117,000--money that will never be recovered. Faced with this big loss, Templeton sold WBMS in July, 1948, to a Steubenville, Ohio, company that operates a group of Eastern radio stations...
...debaters will be interviewed again at 4 p.m. today over WBMS...